Can-opener.



-YN0. 816,256; PATBNTED MAR. 27, 1905,

W.' T. SEBRUP.

CAN OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED' FEB. 17. 1905.

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e V other, the latter carryinga toothed arc which engages a similar toothed are upon the edge of a plate c, pivo'tally mounted on an eXtenv following is a specification.

The invention aims to provide animproved narran safaris-f aan enfin.

WILHELM frnaonoa sanear, or cojPnNHAeEN, DENMARK.

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Appunti@ nea February 17,1965. serial Na 246,089.- v

Speccationo' Letters Fatent.'

Patented March' 27,1903.

10 @Z5 whom itmy ccncert:

Be it known that I, WILHELM TnEoDoR SEERUP, master']o1ner-, of Copenhagen, Denmark, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Can-Openers, of which the can-opener which Works very easily and produces la smooth and uniform cut Without damaging the contents of the can. Other advantagesare referred to in detail i hereinafter'.

bodiment of the invention7 liigure 1 being a plan; and Fig. 2 being a section of the same, through-the knife-and through the center of The accompanying drawings shoW an emone'of the arms, b eing approximately on the line22,Fig 1 compris arms-al and b, -pivoted 'to each sion of the arm a. and provided With a knife d, which in the operation of -cutting is forced 4into the side ofthe can bythe action of a to the bod of the can and Wh'ichare fastened on to of t e plate or eii'tension a', Which car Aries t e oscillating plate cl The upper guide is grooved on its concave edge to' allow for e direction Aof rotation of the arm-and plate 0 underv the expanding action 4of the sprinf. 'togo The two arms-a and b are drawn t er by the handf the operator until the arm b strikesa stop g.- Atthe same time the can'is rotated'in the direction of the ar- I'oW4 s hoWn" thereon, and the. back edgeV i Vof the knife d Will make 'a cut substantially cqualg The knife moves between two. guides m m, Fig'. 2, the.

'totheflength -of such back edge.

lnner. edgesoffwhich are curved to llie close the projecting edge of the lid of the can.

-Means are 'provided'also for' supporting the cutting device-n the'top'of the can. I have '.shown foi-this purpose a cross ormed'by-two arms p 'and g, fixed to the arm a or the plate -a. The cross rests ontop of the'lid-'of the can, being rovided with right-angle bends at r and s w ere 'it connects Wit-l1 the plate a-.

The bend r carries also a stop for limit-ing4 .the movement of the arm la away romthe carried cla'spingfrollers t' The Referring to the' drawings, apparatus spring f between the arms. The arrows shoW t.

' arm a. The arms are slotted, and eaeharm carries asliding block-.With a vertical pin round Which-on the under side is pivotally pins are provided with. screw-threaded upper ends v o, and clamping-nuts :t xserew on said ends. The apparatus is placed on the .top of a can,

the plate a pressed against its side, andtheconical rollers tu adjusted below the protect-l i ing edge of the iid and fastened by'means of The apparatus is. then iirmly connected tothecan. shifting the the clamping-nota' atta hed thereto,

said knife, andm'eans Vfor-su'ppiting the knife in position to make a cutaround the side -ofl the can.

2. A ca nop'ener including in cernbination `a pair of arms pivoted 'togethenakne movably attached -to oneof said arms and oper'- ated by the other, a spring/for'separating said arms and vforcing the'bladentd'the can,

andimeans attached to one'of -sai'd arms and adapted to support the 'same in position to.'

make acut around'thesiide of the c `an. 'l 3. A can-opener including in combination means for making a vcu't around the sidefoflacan, a cross fixed thereto and adaptedto-rest on the top of the can, and'rollers adjustable radiallyand adapted to be vfixedin any posimeans. 4. .A can-opener 'including 1n comblnation vtionof adjustment to supportsaidcutting an arm a, a plate c movably attackedthereto,-

ably attached-to the'arm a,'a.` spring f-be# fing a toothed engagement',` '.Whereb'y the xed to the arm o and adapted to rest on. the" top .of the can; and two' rollers adjustable' posiaipro1 radially and adapted'to'be fixed in an tion of adjustment and to catch und tween said arms, the p latec'and'arm -b hav.n

spring forcesftlie. knife into the can, across IOC jefitng the can tokeepV the Y iJ'nlyxedto thecan. 5. can-opener-including in combination a gude'm, `having a concave edge to'itthe 1W @www i side of a can, and a, bad d coperating there- In -testimony whereof YL have signed my With to make a out around the side of the c an. name lto this' specication in the presence of 6. A can-0 ener including. in comb'natlon two Subscriblng Witnesses.

apairofguishavin concavegdgestot WLHELMTHEoDoRsEERUP. 5 th 51de of a can, and a lade movmg between. Wltnesses:

sald guids/co make a cut around the side of a y MAGNUS JENSEN,

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MARCUS MLLER. 

